Eclipse on Mac, getting “Specified VM install not found” error when trying to build

Question

When I try and do an Ant build on my mac (Snow Leopard, Eclipse 3.6 - Helios) I get an error dialog that says

\"Problem Occured\"
\'Launching proje

Answer 1

This is just an update of the previously posted solution for later versions of Eclipse, like STS.

1. If your Ant View is open, R-click on the root (otherwise Run -> External Tools -> External Tools Configuraitons)
2. Run as -> External Tools Configurations ...
3. Your Ant launch should be selected in the External Tools launchers, if not selected manually
4. Go to the JRE tab
5. Select Run in the same JRE as the workspace - you can also select a different JRE using the buttons on the right.
6. Re-run your ant task(s) - this time you will not get the error message.